Magento. Display custom attribute in cart.

mage_display_custom_attribute_in_cart.md

How to display custom attribute in cart

Get custom product attribute from quote item.

1. Load product by item and get atribute

Will reload all product data from the database. While this will work, bear in mind that every time you call load() Magento will execute a database query.

    // load product
    
    $_product = $_item->getProduct()->load(); // or Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->load($_item->getProductId());
    
    // then get attribute from product
    
    $_product->getCustomAttributeCode();

2. Add attribute to item

    <global>
        <sales>
            <quote>
                <item>
                    <product_attributes>
                        <custom_attribute_code />
                    </product_attributes>
                </item>
            </quote>
        </sales>
    </global>

Having done that, you can access your custom attribute without additional database queries.

    $_item->getProduct()->getCustomAttributeCode();